The rise of new forces of elves

The daylight hours in summer last long, but by about seven o'clock in the evening, the sky is completely dark.

Walking out of a newly built two-story house with snow-white walls, Qingmei let out a sigh of relief.

At this time last night, Qingmei followed Takako's mother-in-law's instructions and went to inform several herb picking families with elves in the town about the acquisition of Paras.

Unlike Lichuan, which sells medicinal materials directly, most medicinal families in Songzao Town will process the medicinal materials themselves before selling them to traditional Chinese medicine stores, thus selling them at a higher price.

The other houses went well, except for the male owner of the house behind him who did not come home yesterday. There were only his wife and a few neighbor women who came over to chat.

Thinking of Takako's mother-in-law's emphasis, Qingmei could not tell the situation to the hostess in front of those people, so she had to visit again today.

Fortunately, the man of the house had already arrived home this evening, and Qingmei finally fulfilled Takako's mother-in-law's instructions during this trip.

Bathed in the bright and soft light cast by the moon, listening to the chirping of insects coming from the grass and cracks in the rocks on the roadside, Qingmei walked towards the northeast corner of the town and couldn't help but hum a song that she often heard recently. .

But not long after, Qingmei stopped humming and looked doubtfully at a blurry figure walking on the road.

The figure hunched over, swung its hunched arms back and forth, and moved forward step by step. It looked particularly weird...

Qingmei couldn't help but shuddered and forced herself to keep her face calm, but some stuttering questions still revealed the fact that she was worried, "Who is it...?"

Sensing the deep uneasiness in the voice, Lichuan, who saw that he could rest home in less than meters, stopped helplessly, his eyes were dull, and he responded feebly.

"Don't worry, it's human~"

After receiving a successful response, Qingmei couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and started walking again with her straight legs.

When she was seven or eight meters away from Lichuan, through the moonlight, Qingmei finally saw clearly that Lichuan's face was listless and had many red and swollen spots.

"Ah! What's wrong with you, Lichuan?"

what happened?

He was probably hungry, tired, thirsty and in pain!

He didn't realize it when he went to Qingquan Mountain. It was only on the return trip after conquering the trumpet buds with all his strength that Lichuan, who had lost a lot of physical strength, realized how far and difficult the journey was.

Even if I throw away my backpack, coat, etc. to lighten my load, I still have to stop more and more often and for longer periods of time.

Lichuan, who knew that he would never be able to get back to Songzao Town if he continued like this, gritted his teeth and kept walking after taking his last break, walking from dusk to dark.

Just as they were about to arrive home, they met Qingmei on the road.

He reluctantly tried to put on a smile and reply that it was okay, but when his facial muscles moved, his affected scalp felt a burning pain.

Even though I tried my best to cover my head with my left hand, I still received a lot of whips on my head. I didn't feel anything at the time, but I felt discomfort afterward.

Retracting the thought of responding with a smile, Lichuan glanced at Qingmei, shook his head, and prepared to cross Qingmei and return to his home a hundred meters away.

But as soon as he stepped out with his left foot, his knees bent forward without any control of his will. Fortunately, the center of gravity of his body had not completely shifted to his left foot, otherwise he would inevitably land on his face.

I stopped standing, but I couldn't move anymore.

In order not to increase Qingmei's worries, she just chose to stop where she was, giving her exhausted body the wrong signal to rest. With her legs weak, looking at the outline of her house in the moonlight, Lichuan's lips moved slightly, probably knowing that she wanted to cry. What does it feel like to have no tears...

Seeing Li Chuan take a step forward, he froze on the spot. She consciously asked her kindly questions but was given a cold response. Qingmei, who was about to leave politely, could not hold back the kindness in her heart.

"Do you need help?"

Qingmei's voice was like the sound of nature. Lichuan could no longer care about the pain in his head and showed Qingmei a smile that was uglier than crying.

……

"You mean, you went to Qingquan Mountain to conquer the elves? Alone?"

Qingmei, who was holding a glass of warm water, looked at Lichuan who was leaning on the head of the bed, her wine-red eyes filled with surprise.

After taking the water glass handed over by Qingmei, Likawa breathed a long sigh of relief after drinking it. He thanked Qingmei again for helping him home before replying to Qingmei.

"Well, Qingquan Mountain, but I overestimated my physical strength..."

Taking the water cup from Li Chuan's hand, Qingmei rolled her eyes at Li Chuan, "Your focus is really strange! I am obviously more curious about the latter question. By the way, where is the medical kit?"

Looking at Qingmei looking around, Lichuan felt moved in his heart, "Thank you! There is no medical kit at home, but there is ointment for treating trauma in the drawer in the middle of the table over there."

After rummaging through the drawer for a few times, Qingmei quickly found a bottle of ointment made and sold by herself.

Sitting on the edge of the bed with cotton swabs and ointment, Qingmei helped apply medicine to the red and swollen parts of Lichuan's face while complaining, "So, you still haven't told me, why did you go to conquer the elf with your bare hands? "

"Actually, I'm not bare-handed..."

After noticing Qingmei's raised eyebrows, Lichuan suddenly changed the subject and said, "I also thought about asking people with elves in the town to help bring back an elf, but it's just a matter of words. request, I’m not so sure they’ll take it to heart.”

"Considering that money is tight at the moment, and I plan to leave Songzao Town soon, and I don't want to waste time, I went to conquer the elves alone. Anyway, my target is only the weak elves."

"Leave Songzao Town?"

So, girl, your focus is actually very strange!

Lichuan complained silently in his heart, but he was still ready to continue the conversation along Qingmei's topic. After all, Qingmei was still applying medicine on herself, and the atmosphere would become awkward if she didn't say anything.

"If you want to go out and have some adventures, Songzao Town is still a bit too small."

Qingmei, who had already stood up and began to apply medicine on Li Chuan's head, paused for a moment, lowered his head and took a closer look at Li Chuan's childish face, which looked a little funny due to his injuries.

Shaoqing, Qingmei continued to apply medicine on Lichuan's head, and chuckled, "My sister also said similar words when she left Songzao Town~"

The stinging sensation when the hot scalp came into contact with the cold ointment made Lichuan grimace. However, when he heard Qingmei mention her sister, the image of a blue-haired elder sister still appeared in his mind.

He couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Qingmei Zao's green hair color. Li Chuan was very curious about the reason why this world still maintains anime characteristics in terms of hair color...

Compared with this problem, Hitomi also said something similar, which is nothing worth paying attention to.

For people who don’t want to live in the mountains for the rest of their lives, it’s perfectly normal to say something like this!

Regarding the topic of Renmei, Qingmei just mentioned it casually. As she carefully applied the medicine, she rolled her eyes and thought of the current key business of the traditional Chinese medicine store.

It seems that Takako's mother-in-law attaches great importance to acquiring Paras and then conducting large-scale breeding.

If there is one more person to help collect and successfully complete the pharmaceutical factory order, the possibility of opening up sales will undoubtedly be greater.

Thinking of this, Qingmei suddenly asked, "Lichuan, can you tell me what elf you conquered today?"

This question is important.

If it were little elves like Rattata, Bobo, and Green Caterpillar who basically had little fighting ability, then Kiyomi would just pretend that she hadn't thought about anything.

But if it is an elf with certain fighting ability and limits its scope of activities to the mountains and forests near Songzao Town, even if Lichuan has just conquered the elf, it is not impossible to search for Paras at night...